The annual Bowman Design Forum was introduced by Kansas State alumnus Brent Bowman to expose third-year architecture students to the field’s top professionals. Participants compete through submissions of innovative design for scholarships and interact with nationally recognized architects.

Establishment of the Forum – KSU News Article

The Bowman Design Forum exemplifies the strong tradition of partnership between the Department of Architecture and the professional architectural community, an alliance which has advanced the discipline and contributed to the vitality of all who have shared in its bounties. Brent Bowman, a 1972 graduate of the Department of Architecture, has long played an active role in fostering educational excellence through generous gifts of time, counsel and other contributions in support of the school’s endeavors.

Past jurors include:

Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects, Chicago, IL
Chris Hardy, MASS Design Group, Boston, MA
Taylor Sinclair, MASS Design Group, Boston, MA
Brandon Pace, Sanders Pace Architecture, Knoxville, TN
Michael Davis, Sanders Pace Architecture, Knoxville, TN
Tim Schroeder, Neumann Monson Architects, Iowa City, IA
Nick Lindsley, Neumann Monson Architects, Iowa City, IA
Reese Rowland, Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, Little Rock, AR
Patty Opitz, Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects, Little Rock, AR
Jim Childress, Centerbrook Architects & Planners, Centerbrook, CT
Todd Andrews, Centerbrook Architects & Planners, Centerbrook, CT
John Carney, Carney Logan Burke Architects, Jackson, WY
Andy Ankeny, Carney Logan Burke Architects, Jackson, WY
Paul Mankins, Substance Architecture, Des Moines, IA
Todd Garner, Substance Architecture, Des Moines, IA
Frank Harmon, Frank Harmon Architect PA, Raleigh, NC
Matt Kreilich, Snow Kreilich Architects, Minneapolis, MN
Talbot Sweetapple, Mackay-Lynns Sweetapple Architects, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Peter Broughten, Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Maura Rockcastle of Tom Leader Studio, Berkeley, CA
Garth Rockcastle, Univeristy of Maryland, MD
Scott Wolf and Ron Rochon, The Miller Hull Partnership, Seattle, WA
Turner Brooks, Turner Brooks Architect, New Haven, CT
Daniel V. Scully. Daniel V. Scully Architects, Keene, NH
Kirsten Murray, Olson Kundig Architects, Seattle, WA
Les Eerkes, Olson Kundig Architects, Seattle, WA
Greg Papay, Lake | Flato, San Antonio, TX
Dennis Cusack, SRG Partnership, Portland, OR
Coleman Coker, buildingstudio, New Orleans, LA
Marlon Blackwell, Marlon Blackwell Architect, Fayetteville, AR
John Cook, Hammel Green & Abrahamson, Minneapolis, MN
Joan Soranno, Hammel Green & Abrahamson, Minneapolis, MN
Thomas Hacker, Thomas Hacker Architects, Portland, OR
Anne Fougeron, Fougeron Architecture, San Francisco, CA
Mitchell Hall, Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, Toronto, Canada
Marianne McKenna, Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, Toronto, Canada
Robert C. Schmidt, Overland Partners Architects, San Antonio, TX
Timothy Blonkvies, Overland Partners Architects, San Antonio, TX
Bruce Anderson, Cutler Anderson Architects, Bainbridge Island, WA
James Cutler, Cutler Anderson Architects, Bainbridge Island, WA
Julie Eizenberg, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Santa Monica, CA
Harry Teague, Harry Teague Architects, Aspen, CO
Kent Bloomer, Bloomer Studio, New Haven, CT
Cal Lewis, Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck, Des Moines, IA
Peter Bohlin, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Gene Mackey, Mackey Mitchell, St. Louis, MO
Tom Beeby, Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge, Chicago, IL